Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in learning technology enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Educational Journals